A letter from our Chair & CEO
Celebrating your impact on NB healthcare
As we talk with donors throughout the year, there is a
common theme referred to in our conversations: local
impact. More and more, Canadians are choosing to focus
their philanthropic dollars on investments that make a
tangible and local difference in the lives of their families,
friends and communities. As New Brunswickers, this isn’t
new. You’ve been doing this for decades now. In fact,
your contributions to the Saint John Regional Hospital
Foundation now total more than $91 Million since our
inception!
For your own personal and special reasons, you have
chosen to make a difference in the healthcare provided
right here in New Brunswick. And what a tremendous
difference you have made. Through your generosity,
the Foundation was able to grant close to $10 Million to
local, regional and provincial health initiatives this past
year. This impressive total represents investments in
Innovative Technology, Impactful Research, Scholarships
and Professional Development Opportunities, Thoughtful
Patient Care Initiatives and a record setting year of granting
for Mental Health Programs across the Province.
You have trusted our organization as the steward of your
philanthropy and for that we are incredibly grateful and
mindful of our responsibility to you, our valued donors. Our
Board and staff work diligently on your behalf to uncover
the most urgent and innovative ideas that will benefit
physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals and,
as a result, the thousands of patients they treat every day.

As you read through the stories herein and review the
numerous projects that YOU have funded – projects that
simply would not have happened without your support –
we hope that like us, you feel the pride of belonging to a
community that can accomplish great things.
Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,

Steve Titus, Chair

Jeff McAloon, CEO

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Our Board of Directors
A heart-felt thank you goes out to our dedicated board of directors, who lead our Foundation
with vision and generosity.

Partners in helping people be
healthy
Good health lies at the heart of our daily quality of lifeit is what all New Brunswickers want for themselves
and those they love. It is through working with key
stakeholders, like the Saint John Regional Hospital
Foundation, that we are positioned to best serve our
population.
Upon becoming active in my role in January of this
year, I was eager to not only familiarize myself with the
work of the Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation
but to continue building on the strong partnership.
The philanthropic support that is so generously
provided by the Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s donors is a vital part
of delivering exceptional patient care in the greater
Saint John area as well as across the province through
specialized provincial programs.
Thank you for your incredible support-we are so
grateful for the work you make possible through the
Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation, and we look
forward to our continued partnership.
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Karen McGrath
President & CEO, Horizon Health Network

It is with excitment that we welcome
Karen McGrath as President & CEO
of the Horizon Health Network. We
look forward to working with her, and
watching her support healthcare in New
Brunswick.

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Inspiring the power of community
to transform health care
The Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation raises funds to support excellence and innovation in the areas of health care
equipment, mental health, research, education and patient comfort at the Saint John Regional Hospital â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the largest
health care centre in the province â&#x20AC;&#x201C; providing world-class care for all New Brunswickers.
Together, the 5 pillars our Foundation supports cover the full spectrum of patient services.

Education (Scholarships and
Professional Development
for Medical Professionals)
Patient Comfort

When you donate to the Foundation, your money stays here at home and is directed to the area of health care most
important to you.

Foundation Overview

Your gifts touch lives and bring our patients comfort when they are most vulnerable. Help ensure our hospital is always
here for you and your family.

Learn more at sjrhf.ca

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Raising the bar for healthcare
professionals
For the third year in a row, thanks to the support of
donors like you and the Saint John Regional Hospital
Foundation, over 185 Registered Nurses (RNs) and
Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) from the Saint John
Region met once again for two days of networking and
professional development focused on developing their
skills to cope with the increasing and ever changing
demands of providing care.
Nursing and the Future: Skills for a Changing Landscape
was made possible through generous donations to the
Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Education pillar. Conference attendees
were met with stories of challenge and inspiration,
and left feeling uplifted by the discussions and shared
experiences had with those in their field. They took
with them new tools with which to approach their jobs,
providing patients with inspired care, every day.
The immense value of your generosity, as provided to
our nurses at this conference through personal and
professional development, cannot be overstated. As
the heart of our hospital community, opportunities like
the nursing conference raise the bar for all nurses, and
serve as a reminder of their value and importance at the
Saint John Regional Hospital, and in New Brunswick
healthcare.

Brenda Kinney, RN, MN

Education

Executive Director, Saint John Area,
Horizon Health Network

Brenda Kinney

Learn more at sjrhf.ca/education.

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Supporting mental
health, together
Through your generosity and support, this year marked
a banner year for MindCare New Brunswick, as we
awarded a total of $605, 194 to numerous mental
health programs across New Brunswick in support
of research, education, therapeutic programs and
transformational project initiatives.
This year also marked the end of a long-running and
beloved community event, the Investors Group Skate
to Care. We are so grateful to our supporters and
participants over the past 30 years. Thank you for your
contribution to mental health in our province.
MindCare New Brunswick is a committee of the
Board of Directors of the Saint John Regional Hospital
Foundation, and is the largest funder of community
mental health programs in New Brunswick. Funds
distributed are raised through a variety of initiatives
including major private and corporate donations.

Professional
Development
Transformational
RecipientRecipient
• Dr. Wendy Stewart and Horizon Health Research Services with
two projects focused on the work at KV Oasis: Implementation &
Research
Recipients
Impact of
a “One Stop Shop” Approach to Youth Wellbeing and
Transformational
Recipient
Mental Health

Keeping families together
through care
As part of our successful 2016 Pediatric GIVE campaign,
we were pleased to add 11 sleeper chairs to both the
Pediatric Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The
Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick Charity Golf Classic
was also pleased to put their fundraising efforts in
support of the purchase of sleeper chairs.
These much-needed chairs will give the parents of
children receiving care and treatment at the SJRH the
opportunity to rest during what is often a very difficult
time.
Valerie Cobham-Richards, Nurse Director of the
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, believes the chairs will
bring a much higher level of patient comfort to those
staying, but not receiving treatment, at the hospital.
The chairs will bring a higher level of comfort to
parents who want to stay close to their fragile babies.
This is a very hard, emotional, but usually happy time
for parents but it is also a very tiring time. They are
worried and excited about their babies and so sleep is
not always a first priority. These chairs will give them a
chance to lie down comfortably, close to their babies,
to recharge their batteries. We are so grateful to those
who helped fund these chairs for our parents.

Valerie Cobham-Richards

Patient Comfort

Registered Nurse
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Learn more at sjrhf.ca/patient-comfort.

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Advancing healthcare
in New Brunswick
through research
The research lab at the Saint John Regional Hospital is a
busy place, with physicians, medical students and postgrads from a variety of fields conducting research that
helps improve patient care, work towards treatment, and
in some cases, find a cure for disease and health-related
effects of social conditions.
Foundation donors play a big role in funding important
research happening right here at the SJRH, last year
providing $689,794 for various research projects.

As a donor, you are directly involved in these projects
getting off the ground. Your support can provide funding
for anything from a post-graduate research assistant to a
summer student, or for the purchase of supplies used in
research.
Community support not only plays a significant role
in getting potentially life-saving research projects off
the ground, but also serves as a reminder to physicians
that we believe in transformative power these research
projects can have on our province.

Research

One such project, led by Dr. Edward Abraham and Dr.
Neil Manson is studying the effects of how an epidural
injection used during spinal surgery may aid in patient
recovery time, and comfort.

Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeons, Dr. Neil Manson &
Dr. Edward Abraham

Learn more at sjrhf.ca/research.

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Funding life-saving
equipment
Through the generosity of our donors, the Saint John
Regional Hospital is now offering patients suffering
from autoimmune issues, graft-versus-host disease and
a variety of other ailments, photopheresis treatment.
These gifts allowed for the purchase of two machines,
both of which will serve the Atlantic Canadian
population.
Before the machines were installed in September,
patients seeking photopheresis treatment had to travel
to Montreal or Toronto, a financial impossibility for
many patients.

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Photopheresis patient Ashley Hunter, 22, is one such
patient. In 2012 she was diagnosed with Hodgkins
Lymphoma, and after a blood transfusion, was
diagnosed with graft-versus-host disease. For her, the
answer was photopheresis treatment, which rapidly
spins patients’ blood through a centrifuge, separating
the red and white blood cells, allowing for a drug called
Uvidex to be injected into the white blood cells.
When my Halifax doctors told me they were
offering photopheresis in Saint John, we thought,
‘this might be a saviour.’ For me and everyone
else who is on the treatment, it is a blessing. I
can’t say enough. Whether they know it or not,
the people who donated this machine are saving
lives.

2016-17 by the numbers
GRANTING (PROGRAMS, EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLOGY,
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES)
The following grants totalling $9,803,406 were funded by gifts to the SJRH Foundation:
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Molecular Medicine Equipment
Photopheresis

For a complete set of financial statements, which have been audited and reported upon by our auditors KPMG LLP,
please visit sjrhf.ca. If you have any questions, please contact 506 648 6400 or Sandra.Clark2@HorizonNB.ca.

Financials

On behalf of the Finance, Audit and
Investment Committee of the Board, we
are very pleased with the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
efforts to streamline processes, create
synergies and invest in high-return
activities. As a result, we have seen a
reduction in administrative costs, all the
while building revenues. In the end, this
means more dollars being invested in
our healthcare.

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Thank you for making The Give
2016 Pediatric Campaign an
incredible success!
Thanks to the generous support of our wonderful family of donors, supporters, partners and volunteers, The Give 2016
Pediatrics Campaign – our largest to date – raised a phenomenal $1,885,850 to improve the wellbeing of children and
families throughout the community and the entire region. Here’s what your support achieved.

Financials

$455,694

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Welcome to our new friends
14 Wing Junior Ranks Mess

Mr. John and Mrs. Ruth Cooper

J O’Brien Home Improvement

Mr. Daniel Matheson

A&R Concrete Drilling & Sawing

Mrs. Joanne Corbett

Mr. Glendon Jones

Ms. Shelley McBrearty

Ltd.

Mrs. Kathleen Cotton

Mrs. Carol Joyce

Mr. Jeff McCanna

A.P. Logan P.C. Inc.

Cox & Palmer

Kaines Corner Convenience

Mrs. Anne McCluskey

Abitibi Price Almnae Association

Mr. Andrew Craik

Ms. Karen Keating Small

Ms. Anne McInerney

Active Motion Brace Shop Inc.

Mr. Allan Cullen

Mr. John and Mrs. Margaret

Mr. Blair Meating

Dr. Cherie-Lee Adams

CyberPsyc Software Solutions

Keddy

Mr. James Charles Michael

Dr. Anil Adisesh

Inc.

Keller Williams Capital Realty

Ms. Cindy Millican

Agrium Inc.

Dairy Farmers of Canada

Ms. Jackie Kelly

Mr. Lukas and Mrs. Roxanna Missong

AMG Renovations

Ms. Linda Davidson

Mrs. Barbara Kennedy

Mr. Ian Mitchell

Mr. Lane Armstrong

Mr. Brian Delaney

Ms. Margaret Kennedy

Mr. James Mitchell

Mrs. Betty Arseneault

Mr. Jason Dingwell

Ms. Petra Kienesberger

Mr. John and Mrs. Faye Morley

Aspen Pharma Canada

Ms. Gisele Doucet

Killam Properties Apartments

Ms. Sandra Morris

Mrs. Susan Astone

Dr. Stacy Champion Professional

Trust

Mr. Jerry and Mrs. Carolyn Mulder

Dr. Paul Atkinson

Corporation

King Transmissions Ltd

Ms. Carol Mullholland

Ms. Susan Ballantyne

Dr. Tarek Rahmeh Professional

Dr. Robert Kingdon

Ms. Norma Jean Murchison

Mr. Alex Bardsley

Corporation

Mr. H Kolper and Mrs. W Kolper

Mr. Glenn Murphy

Mr. Al Barriault

Mrs. Jennifer Duguay

Krista Uomala Professional Corp

Mr. Ken and Mrs. Janet Murray

Mr. Ron and Mrs. Faye Barrie

Ms. Kathleen Dulong

Ms. Laura Laird

NB-CNWE

Dr. Katherine Bergman

Mr. Peter Earle

Dr. Gavin Langille

Ms. Karen Neoh

Ms. Tessa Bermarija

Mr. Doug Ellerker

Mr. Gregory Langille

Nova Emergency Medicine

Best Stop Ultramar

Mr. Jon and Mrs. Katrina Estey

Ms. Ann-Marie Lanteigne

Organization

Ms. Christian Bettignies

Mr. Greg Fielding

Ms. Shelley Lapierre

Nurses Association of NB Saint John

Mr. Terry Bird

Dr. Jane Findlater

Ms. Joanne Layne

Chapter

Dr. Dylan Blacquiere

Ms. Kathryn Fleiger

Leanne Children’s Foundation

Ms. Carol O’Blenis

BMI Berretta Medical Inc.

Fundy Community Foundation

Dr. Jean-Francois Legare

Ms. Lori O’Brien

Boilermakers Lodge 359

Fusion Saint John Inc.

Ms. Dianne Leslie

Mr. Conor O’Neil

Mr. Chris and Mrs. Michelle

Mr. John Gillis

Dr. David Lewis

Ms. M.Jean Oja

Bourque

Dr. Marcus Goddard

Ms. Wanda Linden

Mr. Oon-Soo Ooi

Mr. Malcolm Boyd

Golf Ontario

Mr. Jack Logan

Ms. Teng Leng Ooi

Mrs. Judith Boyle

Gymnastics Nova Scotia

Mr. Doug Longphee

Ortho Solutions Inc.

Dr. John Brittain

Mr. Dale and Mrs. Wendy Haines

Dr. Christopher J. Lucarotti

Outkast Car Club Inc.

Ms. Frances Brogan

Mr. Robert Haines

Mr. Minh Luong

Mr. John Oyler

Mr. Richard Brown

Ms. Sandra Hamilton

Ms. Elizabeth Lutes

Dr. Paul and Ms. Tara Page

Ms. Alexandra Campbell

Harmony Flooring

Mrs. Nancy Lyon

Dr. Emilyos Paraskevopulos

Mr. Robert Campbell

Ms. Lorraine Harris

Ms. Monica MacDonald

Mr. Tom and Mrs. Mary Lou Parker

Mrs. Ruth Campbell

Mr. Chris and Mrs. Natalie Hatt

Mr. Hollis and Mrs. Joan

Mrs. Laura Patterson

Canadian Association of

HBB Medical Inc

Macewen

Ms. Jessica Peacock

Emergency Physicians

Mr. Lee Helperin

Ms. Megan MacGarvie

Mr. Steven Perry

Cardinal Health - Team Ontario

Hillside Family Dental Associates

Mr. George Machum

Mr. Evan Phinney

Cardinal Health Canada

Ms. Melissa Hobbs

Ms. Sherry MacLean

Port City Royal Restaurant

Mr. Stephen Carmichael

Holland Capital Partners

Mrs. Heather MacLean Reid

Ms. Teresa Porter

Ms. Paula Caron

Mr. Michael and Mrs. Darlene

MAGDD Denture Services Inc.

Postmedia Network Inc.

Dr. Derek Leigh Carson

Horne

Mrs. Georgette Mak

Ms. Karen Powers

CBCL Limited

Insulet Canada Corporation

Mrs. Lillian Bernice Mallory

Mr. Irwin and Mrs. Gail Prince

Mr. Martin Chernin

Internal Medicine Education

Ms. Sarah Manual

Ms. Ethel Prouse

Children’s Aid Foundation

Fund

Mrs. Alessa Martin

Ptarmigan Foundation

Committee of William Brooks

Intuitions Spa and Salon

Mr. Daniel Matheson

Queen’s University

New Donors $100+

The following individuals and organizations are new generous supporters this year.

Gifts that transcend time
We are very fortunate to have a strong and growing community of donors who have decided to leave lasting gifts for their
hospital, which will continue to have an impact on our health care system well into the future.
To all the donors who have decided to give to our Foundation in the form of endowments, thank you. Your cumulative
generosity has reached a total value of more than $13 Million â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a major contribution to the future of health care in
New Brunswick.

Alan and Joyce McLean Medical

Dr. Paul Handa Excellence in

MindCare Endowment

The MacMurray Endowment

Endowment

Nephrology Nursing

Nancy Waring MacLeod Nephrology

for Cardiovascular Educational

Anonymous

Dr. S. Paul And Mrs. Eileen Handa

Endowment

Excellence

Arnold and Kathryn McAllister

Endowment

Peggy Brittain MindCare Endowment

The Mitchell and Janice Franklin

Medical Endowment

Dr. Thomas L. and Shirley Creamer

Raju Family Endowment

Scholarship Fund for MindCare

Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation

Medical Endowment

Ralph Costello Endowment

The Newman and Lois Greer

Education Fund

Elizabeth (Lil) Little MindCare

Richard and Barbara Routledge

Endowment

Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation

Endowment

Medical Endowment

The Turnbull Endowment

Research Fund

George and Carol (Harris) Raynes

Robert and Marie Gibb Medical

Tim and Cathy Cameron Endowment

Bill Davis MindCare Endowment

Endowment

Endowment

Vaughan Medical Endowment

Catherine and Graeme Somerville

Helen Stephenson Memorial

SJRHF General Endowment

Vaughan MindCare Medical

Neonatal Endowment

MindCare Endowment

Stefan Mildenberger Pediatrics

Endowment

Charles E. Walper Education and

Jean-Robert Nolet Endowment

Bursary

Research Endowment

John and Elizabeth Irving

T S Simms & Co Limited Endowment

Donald and Heather Royal Medical

Endowment

The Dr. S. Paul Handa Endowment

Endowment

John and Frances Corbett

The Gregory and Margaret Zed

Doreen Damon Medical Endowment

Endowment

MindCare Educational Endowment

Dorrie Schulze Nursing Endowment

Joy and Jim Crosby Endowment

The JT Clark Family Cardiac

Dr. Dino Andriani Endowment

Juanita McAuliffe Endowment

Research Endowment

Dr. Kersti Covert Memorial

Leslie Bruce Memorial MindCare

The Lillian Jean (Charlton) Greer

Endowment

Endowment

Memorial Endowment

Endowments

Lynn Childs Mentorship Prize

Dr. Rand Forgie, Cardiac Surgeon and donor/ patient Walter Kingston

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Our heartfelt thanks
The following individuals and organizations generously donated $500 or more to our Foundation between April 1, 2016
and March 31, 2017. You help make our work possible. You help ensure world-class health care for all New Brunswickers.
Thank you.
$500-$999

Changing lives one
event at a time
Every year, the Foundation works with various third-party
groups, companies, individuals and institutions to create
fun and unique events, all in support of New Brunswick
healthcare.
These events play out across the city, and throughout the
province. From the Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick
Charity Golf Classic, held at the Rockwood Park Golf
Course, to Fusion Trivia Night in the heart of Uptown
Saint John, or a charity bike trip from Saint John to PEI in
support of patient comfort items in the Oncology Unit,
those we partner with are passionate in their support for
their local healthcare provider, the Saint John Regional
Hospital.

It’s through the continued support of donors like you,
participants, and the hard-working organizers of these
events, that we are able to provide New Brunswickers with
the best healthcare possible. We can’t wait to reach new
audiences in 2017-18, and look forward to seeing what fun
and exciting opportunities come our way.
If you’re interested in hosting a third party event, please
contact SJRHF Community Engagement Coordinator,
Samantha Weldon at:
Samantha.Weldon@HorizonNB.ca or
(506) 648-7566

Like legions of Saint John residents I’ve
been drawn, over the years, into the
hospital system; as a patient myself, as a
mother, and for the most trying period
of my life, as a daughter caring for two
sick and ultimately dying parents. You
can’t truly appreciate how complicated,
responsive, and, yes, emotionally draining
the healthcare system is, not only for the
patients, but for the patient caregivers
-- the nurses and doctors -- until you are
inside the system, day in and day out trying
to do all you can for your loved ones. I
felt it was important to give back, albeit in
a small way, to say thank you to so many
health care professionals and the Saint
John Regional Hospital Foundation who
went above and beyond their daily ‘job
descriptions’. They worked to make my
parents lives the best they could be under
incredibly trying circumstances. Any type
of fundraising for this organization is time,
effort and volunteer hours, well spent.